Cop killed, officers arrested for corruption

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: Unknown gunmen killed a cup east of Mosul, while a Interior General Inspector‘s office arrested five persons of Establishments Protection Force for corruption charges, security sources said here today. The source told IraqiNews.com that the gunmen shot the cop before his house, east of Mosul, and fled the crime scene. On the other hand, the source said that five persons of the Establishments Protection Force were arrested by the Interior General Inspector‘s office for selling fuel in the black market. According to the source, among them officers were caught having a small tanker full with benzene ready for selling. It is expected that more persons will be arrested at the end of the investigations, the source added. Mosul, center of Ninewa province, lies 405 km north of the capital, Baghdad. RM (TS)/SR 110